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Hyundai steps up to remedy world's worst parking job

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by Tideland Prius, Nov 4, 2009.

  1. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    #1 Tideland Prius, Nov 4, 2009
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    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    Good on you Hyundai Canada.

    By the way, I would like to know who stole the Y out of Hyundai in North America?

    The Australian ad slogan for Hyundai when the brand hit the Aussie market was, "Say hi to Hyundai!"

    Repeat after me, hi-un-day, now faster.
     
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    Its the F'd up public school systems here that stole the Y. It seems proper grammar has taken a back seat to everything else. Not many people can pronounce Chicago properly anymore. it is shi-caw-go, not shi-ca-go. Or the one that burns me up, dod instead of dad. :mad:
     
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    It was Hyundai's America's marketing guru decided to drop the Y to make it sound more American than a name from a Asian country.

    Now say por-sha after me, not por-shh.

     
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    I googled "Tripta Kaushal" the driver of the BMW SUV and looks like she lost her son to cancer earlier in the year. Not a good year for her.
     
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    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    What an awesome thing to do, Hyundai. :thumb:
     
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    F8L Protecting Habitat & AG Lands

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    That was pretty damn cool! The second video, not the noobish disaster in the first video.
     
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  8. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Yeah the "Hyun" part is Korean and it'll be hard to say if you're not fluent in any Asian language. Pat's got it down... just say hi-un-dai fast and you're fairly close.

    Hyun is kinda like... "h-une"
     
    #8 Tideland Prius, Nov 5, 2009
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